American Quote by Wayne Messam

Many respected economists and statesmen believe our national debt is neither unwieldy nor a dangerous burden on the country. The trouble is that a…

— Mo Udall

The amount of debt we're adding, at a trillion a year, is simply not moral.

— Mitt Romney

There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of control that…

— Warren Buffett

For too many of our young people, that once-promised American dream has given way to an American debt burden and a bleak job market.

— Reshma Saujani

We borrow 40 cents out of every dollar that we spend. We borrow most of it from countries like China. They have become major…

— Dick Durbin

The reality for us in America is that we will never get out of debt with more than 15 million people out of work.

— Debbie Stabenow

The idea that growth will remedy our debts is so addictive for politicians, but the citizens end up paying the price.

— Michael Burry

“To saddle the next generation with unimaginable debt is not only callous, it is morally reprehensible”

— Ben Carson

I do not want America to default on its debt.

— Jeb Hensarling

I firmly believe that the U.S. has to honor its debt.

— Steve Mnuchin

It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.

— Jim Cooper

That is to say, under the old way any time we wish to add to the national wealth we are compelled to add to…

— Thomas A. Edison